World Poker Federation
We Fight
We Fight
for Poker
The global federation uniting more than 50 national bodies across six continents, working to protect, promote, and develop poker as a recognized mind sport.
Who We Are
More Than a Federation
The World Poker Federation is the global organization advancing poker as a recognized mind sport. We bring national federations together under one banner, and then put that collective strength to work.
We Advocate
Before governments, regulators, and institutions, we make the case for poker as a discipline of skill, opening doors no single federation could open alone.
We Build
Standards, governance, and a true competitive structure: the foundation every major sport already has, and poker has long deserved.
We Defend
The interests of players and professionals worldwide, so the people who make the game great are protected as it grows.
Where poker was fragmented, we create cohesion. Where it was underestimated, we earn recognition. This is the work that turns a shared passion into a global movement.
Mind Sports
In Good Company
Poker now stands alongside the world's great disciplines of the mind.
A Defining Moment
Poker Takes Its Place
In 2024, poker was recognized, unanimously and definitively, by the International Mind Sports Association, with the World Poker Federation as its official federation.
It is the formal acknowledgment of what players have always known: poker is a discipline of skill, strategy, and mental rigor.
"We have achieved something today that is both unprecedented and definitive."
50+
Member Federations
6
Continents
2024
Recognized Mind Sport